10 Best Places to Find Scrap Copper

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  • Wondering where to find scrap copper? Here's my list of the 10 best places where I find all of mine!
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Комментарии • 661

  • @thubprint
    @thubprint  2 года назад +25

    Merch available here!> thubstore.com/

    • @ghousepasha2953
      @ghousepasha2953 Год назад

      if i give a price of that scrap what would think about that

    • @one1onetime935
      @one1onetime935 Год назад

      "free scrap copper" then proceeds to tell you where to go buy old ac units to scrap

    • @trulylynn9941
      @trulylynn9941 9 месяцев назад

      It's not illegal to spray chems from the sky. When they say something is bad I wonder what they are hiding. Just saying

    • @incredible5587
      @incredible5587 3 месяца назад

      Place near me you can scrap the AC adapters on there own, same with the boxy plugs, and all kinds of stuff. Light ballasts, Transformers, PC boards, even regular boards like out of a VCR, or you can even sell PC parts separate by the pound like the ram, CPUS, hard drives. place is endless on what they pay for.

    • @DianeLong-fv4vm
      @DianeLong-fv4vm Месяц назад

      Or a plumber

  • @chrishicks134
    @chrishicks134 2 года назад +393

    I'm not ever worried about how much time it takes to scrap anything. It's just fun to do.

    • @skullmoldycandy
      @skullmoldycandy Год назад +12

      Literally same but there is a limit with certain things

    • @loganwolf2037
      @loganwolf2037 Год назад +23

      Yeah, on days off for extra money when you own a pickup truck. It's a learning venture but then it starts taking over when you see money $$$ everywhere, even on dates. Then you start recruiting your buddies with pickup trucks/ trailers for heavier stuff. You soon stop dating all for The Precious, THE PRECIOUS ! AAAHHAHAHAHA, AAAAAHHHHHHH !!!!
      It IS a damn good free Hunka Hunka change for the taking.

    • @mustangandfrankenstein
      @mustangandfrankenstein Год назад +1

      agreed 💯 percent .so fun

    • @mustangandfrankenstein
      @mustangandfrankenstein Год назад +1

      @@loganwolf2037 lol.dam money I hate you .but you're right to much of anything is bad .gotta have a balance.

    • @mikeburke8656
      @mikeburke8656 Год назад +2

      me too

  • @michaelcastillo3231
    @michaelcastillo3231 Год назад +46

    U know you’re an old man when this is the type of content u watch because it’s what u like to do with your spare time.

  • @DHendo214
    @DHendo214 Год назад +12

    I feel like this guy could be a science/art/music teacher that moonlights as a radio host.

  • @PRR5406
    @PRR5406 Год назад +243

    When harvesting copper, be exceptionally careful of capacitors! Capacitors carry an electrical wallop!

    • @mustangandfrankenstein
      @mustangandfrankenstein Год назад +13

      yes if you're not extremely careful you will regret it ..and the gas to ..take it and sell it to a HVAC place or they can drain it safely..I'm glad I watched videos like this before I started ripping into a units..kickass

    • @peteredwards2318
      @peteredwards2318 Год назад +18

      Yeah, seconded. Microwaves have "You will die and it will hurt the whole time you are dying" sized capacitors in them. Do NOT mess around poking at their guts unless you know exactly what you are doing!

    • @mustangandfrankenstein
      @mustangandfrankenstein Год назад +3

      @@peteredwards2318 yup yup and when you're family finds you later on when they get back from dinner at rhe grandparents house they will see you laying on tje floor and plugging their noses because now the house smells like is burnt shit..and you dont want them to remember you like that do you guys ..so dont be a BS .leave it ti the pros.

    • @t.w1665
      @t.w1665 Год назад +3

      How can I see a capacitor I’m really just researching this side hustle to see if it’s worth it any other things to look out for is there anything I should look for that’s safe ?

    • @peterjohnston4472
      @peterjohnston4472 Год назад +8

      Copper seems worth collecting over time .I'm not about to go start looking the stuff like but glad I seen this comment. As my microwave is on it way out cuda been my 1st easy bit of copper lol 😆 😅

  • @johnthompson1978
    @johnthompson1978 Год назад +42

    My addition to your list is "AUCTIONS"! I have picked up a lot of scrap at farm auctions and the occasional HVAC/Plumbing auction. I once paid $2,000 for a rack of type L piping. I was told I was nuts and must hate money. I sold it for $3,500!

    • @razkev
      @razkev 6 месяцев назад +1

      I hear you. I got one of 2 big lots from a residential plumbing/heating contractor who died and his kids were auctioning off the estate.
      The bigger lot went for $850 too high for me. But the smaller lot I got for $350, and after cost of fuel, wear/tear on my vehicle, made $400 profit so far!

    • @nesco713
      @nesco713 6 месяцев назад

      Profit is good!

  • @floydsadler3559
    @floydsadler3559 Год назад +27

    A buddy and I were scoping out an old abandoned stretch of train track and pulled several hundred feet of solid copper that was cut from the old power poles and thrown to the ground and left for many years, the wire was covered over with grass and weeds. That track kept us busy for days.

    • @granitestater1029
      @granitestater1029 Год назад +2

      How lucky u were!

    • @jonowens460
      @jonowens460 7 месяцев назад +1

      Did that too, we thought we were rich. Couldn't beleive it was high tension wire. Steel inside. The scrapyard knew where we got and gave us like 4.00$ gave us some magnts too😂 wondered why it was so hatd to cut...😅😅😅😂

    • @swarm6697
      @swarm6697 3 месяца назад

      Anything on a railroad tracks a railroad property is a federal offense

    • @billybeergut5766
      @billybeergut5766 3 месяца назад

      ​@@swarm6697Fuck the railroad

    • @thesundaychef4466
      @thesundaychef4466 3 месяца назад +3

      There's one in every crowd

  • @offwithhishead2556
    @offwithhishead2556 2 года назад +63

    Thub is spot on about extension cords. I weighed 1Kg of (UK) 3-core extension cable then stripped the outer it and re-weighed it as singles. Even with good singles prices the cable was worth 2.5% more unstripped, so the time & effort would have cost me money!

    • @mrobertson188
      @mrobertson188 Год назад +14

      Extension cords have a 45% recovery rate of #2 copper wire. I work in the metal recycling industry.

    • @BocsorZoltan
      @BocsorZoltan 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@mrobertson188p

    • @user-gt7ji9of9z
      @user-gt7ji9of9z Месяц назад

      ​@@mrobertson18898% over a fire 🔥 👍.

  • @allfather5150
    @allfather5150 2 года назад +44

    I second the plumbing tip. I drive a residential recycling route and every time I see a sink or tub or shower in a dumpster in front of a house I know I'm stopping back there after work. Stripping down the faucets is a quick way to a hunch of clean and chromed brass too.

    • @brandonengler6451
      @brandonengler6451 Год назад +4

      U know damn well u don't chance finishing your route first driving the recycling truck to wherever y'all empty then driving back to the shop, clocking out getting in your beater station wagon and retracing your steps from your morning route to see if maybe just maybe that bathroom sink is still sitting in front of the Clemson resident house 8 hours later it's sure to still be there.. I bet u carry a few of the must have scrapper hand tools with u on your route truck and and all day everyday u keep your eyes peeled for the jack pot. You don't wait till after work you're not kidding anyone!

    • @InstroTV
      @InstroTV 8 месяцев назад

      @@brandonengler6451whole bunch of haterade getting drank at your house

    • @user-gt7ji9of9z
      @user-gt7ji9of9z Месяц назад

      ​@@brandonengler6451What does it matter to you? Very spastic comment, bro!

    • @user-ul1xq2db4f
      @user-ul1xq2db4f 12 дней назад

      ​@@brandonengler6451depends, maybe he's not in a big city and can get away with it

  • @SunnyRain0614
    @SunnyRain0614 Год назад +1

    Hello, I wanted to say thank you for making this video. I appreciated your kind thoughts tonight and wanted to just say, thank you! Have a wonderful evening, and you rock!

  • @PitsuMiwus
    @PitsuMiwus Год назад +8

    What i like about Microwaves is that there is no dead weight - we end up with copper and perfect container for scrap metal, unlike CRTs we end up with large mass of glass and plastic.

  • @westreadwell9675
    @westreadwell9675 Год назад +5

    Love the “set” here and your lighting is perfect. Feels like grandpas shop on fraggle rock 😊

    • @lesliecreech1993
      @lesliecreech1993 Год назад +1

      Sprocket, Sprocket get out of there. I loved Fraggle Rock I'm 40yo and I was so disappointed when my kids hated it 😭

  • @cherylmarshall840
    @cherylmarshall840 Год назад +2

    Thank you for shared information that helps me out I do a lot of scraping

  • @JairoHicks
    @JairoHicks 3 месяца назад +1

    Another great video brother. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

  • @TheUltimateRecycler
    @TheUltimateRecycler 2 года назад +15

    Nice work Dr. Thub! 👏 And I fully support your community message about the sketchy activity of releasing refrigerant gas! Don't do it peeps!

    • @TheUltimateRecycler
      @TheUltimateRecycler Год назад

      @Brandon It's really bad for the ozone layer I believe!

    • @fleshbag7754
      @fleshbag7754 Год назад +1

      My state has a reclaim program, and they supposedly pay between $20-$50 each for dehumidifiers, air, conditioners, anything with compressed refrigerant.
      Soon i will be looking into this further and possibly cashing in Big!

  • @ericprater4017
    @ericprater4017 2 года назад +2

    Great Vid thub! I love the content and motivation to git more!

  • @va3ngc
    @va3ngc Год назад +3

    Another source is the copper tubing used for oil tanks to furnaces. When they replace the oil tanks they tend to scrap the tubing and replace it with one that has a plastic coating over it. You maybe able to get some from that source as well.

  • @scrappingadventures290
    @scrappingadventures290 2 года назад +10

    As always, very interesting and extremely entertaining 👍👍👍😊

  • @ichangedmyname0001
    @ichangedmyname0001 Год назад +2

    Subbed and turned notifications on
    Keep up the good hard honest work! 👍👍

  • @Goldsilvercopperbullion
    @Goldsilvercopperbullion Год назад +10

    I found 4 of those huge 100 pound transformers in one dumpster near my house was insane!

  • @lboe927
    @lboe927 2 года назад +5

    Nice vid as usual. When I get the copper stackers from heat sinks, usually a map or propane torch will heat up the core and it will drop right out. Only takes about 30 second. .....usually.

  • @scarsprospecting
    @scarsprospecting Год назад +2

    I love scrapping ! My favorite is computers and electric organs . Lots of platinum and gold . It adds up . I’m doing my first leaching for gold recovery .

  • @peteredwards2318
    @peteredwards2318 Год назад +8

    Transformers are great, and they are fun. The small ones can typically be taken apart in such a way as to allow you to spool the wire off the winding and onto a screwdriver shaft. The larger, older stuff is trickier, because its often coated in a potting compound or something, making the windings impossible to unspool in a tidy manner. A chisel, a hammer and a bench vice tends to sort those out though. You get a hefty whack of iron to boot!

    • @ineverrage4176
      @ineverrage4176 10 месяцев назад

      Honestly large transformers (that work) I prefer to keep. They are just too much fun to play around with.

  • @flambokuma2299
    @flambokuma2299 Год назад +5

    I went to the HVAC guys that replaced my AC unit a few years ago. Told them what I'm doing and so now whenever I get a couple of Fridges together I call him up and one of their guys will come out and drain all my compressors for me so I can scrap them. I have a moderate sized side yard and try to get like 6-7 of them in the stall before I call my guy and it takes him about 30 mins to drain 6-7 and they leave. They get the chems, I get the scrap.

  • @keithreinbolt159
    @keithreinbolt159 2 года назад +27

    Some dumpster companies have declared anything inside the dumpster is their property because they recycle the contents, therefore they can press charges for theft. Be careful, it might be easier (and safer) to ask. I got permission and help from a Radio Shack that had stuff inside they hadn’t had time to toss out yet. Fun stuff

    • @E-BikingAdventures
      @E-BikingAdventures 2 года назад +2

      Kind of hard for them to catch you since the dumpster is on the clients property and you are doing the client a favor by lightening their load and in some cases, they gave you permission.

    • @AceFivegaming
      @AceFivegaming Год назад +4

      if in the USA there is a law that helps police anything in the trash is forfeited of owner also helps scrapers police will say you can't because they don't want the call later to trusspass you (lot pf paperwork)

    • @bruh1129
      @bruh1129 Год назад +6

      The Supreme Court has ruled anything placed in the trash is free to claim. They can try to press charges all they want but it isn’t going to stick

    • @israelCommitsGenocide
      @israelCommitsGenocide 10 месяцев назад

      @@E-BikingAdventures yeh but you forget how so many Americans are trained to be autistic karens and will report you to the authorities over nothing.

    • @vibesmom
      @vibesmom 10 месяцев назад +1

      If it’s mixed with trash they aren’t saving it for scrap. Also I look for no trespassing or a locked bin. If nothings locked or behind a gate I think it’s free game.

  • @jaycampas6463
    @jaycampas6463 Год назад +1

    Very informative thank you buddy, good hunting!

  • @theshawdows
    @theshawdows Год назад +3

    I've been scraping for about 5 yrs and I really enjoy it

  • @CandSMINING
    @CandSMINING Год назад

    Another great video brother. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥

  • @SollersSrappingandDiving
    @SollersSrappingandDiving 2 года назад +6

    😂 Great minds, I literally did a video on this 2weeks ago! I never grow old of seeing the beautiful orange gold, I love it🧡 I get all my best cable and plumbing bits from skips. Toroidal transformers are my absolute favourite 😍 Nice video 👍

    • @vincedibona4687
      @vincedibona4687 2 года назад

      Skips?

    • @SollersSrappingandDiving
      @SollersSrappingandDiving 2 года назад +2

      @@vincedibona4687 in the UK the open type dumpsters are called skips 🙂 no idea why lol

    • @its_marc
      @its_marc 2 года назад +1

      So people can skip stuff!

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  2 года назад

      Oh nice! It’s been on my production schedule for a bit but I wanted to get the recent few done first. I’ll have to check yours out, probably have a few good ideas that I hadn’t thought of 😄

    • @SollersSrappingandDiving
      @SollersSrappingandDiving 2 года назад

      @@thubprint thanks so much for checking it out, I didn't realise you didn't have the mini copper shower tanks over there, what a shame, I love them! Have a great weekend 🙂

  • @richminor3081
    @richminor3081 Год назад

    Thanks ! Exactly what I was wanting to know !

  • @20S3Dos
    @20S3Dos Год назад

    Grateful for this video being posted

  • @jesuszamudio3746
    @jesuszamudio3746 Год назад +11

    Thanks you are very helpful. I’m 25 and just started my scrapping jurney and also have my full time job. It’s a great hustle work. I got $106 yesterday for 3-4 hours of work 1/4 of gas tank tho which was around $30

    • @the-beneficiary1809
      @the-beneficiary1809 Год назад

      yeah you didn't make any profit this not efficient

    • @jesuszamudio3746
      @jesuszamudio3746 Год назад +11

      @@the-beneficiary1809 by the looks of it I made 19-25 and hr. 106-30 for gas is 76/4=19 hr…. 76/3= 25 hr. So I feel like I got 76$ for good amount of work

    • @JohnDoe-gi1vr
      @JohnDoe-gi1vr Год назад +9

      @@jesuszamudio3746 keep doing you. I started scrapping with my dad as a side job. We both work a full time job and do this on the side. It's good side money for 3 to 4 hrs like you said. I made $300 in 3 days. Not bad. Don't pay attention to that fool that doesn't scrap yet gives his input on nothing. Money for nothing is always great!! Get in touch with apartment complex maintenance workers or the maintenance boss. They can call you when they are about to renovate the building.

    • @brandonengler6451
      @brandonengler6451 Год назад

      You need to learn how to siphen Gasolina

    • @lettunengt3723
      @lettunengt3723 11 месяцев назад

      Who do you sell the copper to?

  • @CandSMINING
    @CandSMINING 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sharing some of your copper source ideas.😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥

  • @jaymeztherapper2496
    @jaymeztherapper2496 2 года назад +14

    Roll off dumpsters from most renovations are a great source of romex and such!

  • @SkippySanctus
    @SkippySanctus Год назад +4

    I'm obsessed with copper and this video has helped me learn how to get more copper

    • @absolute___zero
      @absolute___zero Год назад +1

      I am obsessed with sodium metal, I buy salt at the supermarket, then evaporate the chlorine using laser and get sodium into inert atmosphere inside a bottle and sell it for 20 bucks for 10 grams. you can make a lot of money if you learn science

    • @JoeRogansForehead
      @JoeRogansForehead Месяц назад

      @@absolute___zerono you don’t , cause if you did that there would be a huge conglomerate doing it to

    • @absolute___zero
      @absolute___zero Месяц назад

      @@JoeRogansForehead while there is no big demand for pure sodium metal, there is a huge demand for sodium-based products. Table salt costs 30 USD per ton here in Mexico where I am currently living. Caustic soda is priced at 4 USD per kg here in Mexico. If you sell 1 ton of caustic soda you will be making 4k USD per ton while in sodium you will be spending much less + energy and machinery setup. Of course if you don't know any physics, chemistry , mathematics and programming you won't make this money easily. But you can get this knowledge say in 3 years, and then lots of business opportunities will appear. Caustic soda is used to make soap, fyi, a product that everyone needs.. With solar energy dropping in price the production cost will be getting lower, and the profit getting higher, but for a guy who doesn't have any knowledge this money will always stay unreachable. Knowledge = money, literally, in 21 century.

    • @JoeRogansForehead
      @JoeRogansForehead Месяц назад

      @@absolute___zero okay Jose thanks for telling me how to make money while I sit in my house in the United States and every single person from your country is dying in the desert to come over here. But I appreciate the third world advice . Does the cartel know your using their internet to brag. Can’t wait to see you on best gore

  • @TurkVladimir
    @TurkVladimir Год назад

    Thanks Again For Your Hard Work Great Video

  • @lorrainemcdonald7332
    @lorrainemcdonald7332 2 года назад +2

    Nice to see a new video.

  • @carl6073
    @carl6073 2 года назад +1

    Very helpful video...ty for sharing

  • @savingprivatet8o356
    @savingprivatet8o356 4 месяца назад +1

    I’m very impressed that you brought up the tube TVs. They’re all over my neighborhoods. I get plenty of copper from them one thing to note if you get caught venting, coolant into the atmosphere. The person that reports you was supposed to get a $50,000 reward. This is what I learned in HVAC school.

    • @jbone877
      @jbone877 4 месяца назад

      $50k reward? That's fucked up

  • @quinn_is_a_person9822
    @quinn_is_a_person9822 Год назад +3

    WHEN THE PARTY HAS COPPER WIRE🤑🤑🤑

  • @andrewpeterson7633
    @andrewpeterson7633 Год назад +1

    with the microwave, get the magnets if you don't already have any, also in the motors if you collect silver? some content maybe in the motors themselves (yes I know this video is based on locating copper, sharing information is the key to growth).
    I LOVE air conditioners! found one down the road, yet to tear it apart, found another one in the bin, people who earn a lot of money often do not realize the money they are throwing a way. Some trades people will give them to apprentice workers so they can learn the value and apply the money to tools etc

  • @CBrown07696
    @CBrown07696 4 месяца назад

    I made a video on scrapping lead from cast iron pipe. I do work at an apartment complex that had all of the cast-iron replaced with PVC. Most of the cast-iron is still in the basement or the crawlspace so if I am working, I throw all of the bell fittings in my van and take them home. I also see lots and lots of water heaters. When they replace one instead of removing the old one, they just said it to the side

  • @ShroomJGV
    @ShroomJGV Год назад +3

    Be sure your local scrap yard will take the condensers from Refrigeration units. I live in the states, Oklahoma to be exact. And I have three or four condensers that I cannot scrap without an HVAC license

  • @ccscraps6946
    @ccscraps6946 2 года назад +1

    Sounds like u got it covered dude. See you on next man!

  • @airprok8328
    @airprok8328 Год назад +16

    I’ve been an HVAC technician for 20 years, so I’ve been scrapping for 20 years. I know exactly where you’re coming from. Prices have dropped recently which is really annoying but I plan on scrapping this weekend hopefully getting a three to $400 load

    • @goobygoo3253
      @goobygoo3253 Год назад +1

      Maryland prices for #1 copper went from 3.80 last month to 2.50 this month. I was going to take mine in but I think I'll wait

    • @GeneralSalvage
      @GeneralSalvage Год назад

      How hard is it to pull the gas if you’re not an HVAC tech?

    • @airprok8328
      @airprok8328 Год назад

      @@goobygoo3253 it sucks! Sometimes just better to wait. We were as high as like you said 3,80 $4 a lbs
      It’s just hard to wait sometimes because we need rhe money

    • @absolute___zero
      @absolute___zero Год назад

      also a good thing for a scrapper is to learn about the economy and economic trends. usually when global economy enters deflationary period (like now) commodity prices drop big time. any economic deceleration (which is called recession or depression) causes massive hoarding of cash (and cash in a global economy is called US dollar) and selling of all the accumulated goods on the market (any market including scrap), this causes massive demand of cash (US Dollar) , rise of unemployment which triggers more cash hoarding and more rise in the value of cash (US dollar) and that goes like falling dominoes. The depressions are usually caused by industrial revolution and robotization, which is the era we are currently living so crisis is the "normal" thing you all will live through your life. Thats why if you have to save the money for a period (years) when you won't make any money in scrap, but have enough storage to store accumulated valuable metals to sell it later when the economy comes back. And btw, that's why folks with big bugs no longer do any physical purchases and sellings but use trading exchanges (like NYSE or CBOT) to make money.

    • @tronner_the_awesome
      @tronner_the_awesome 3 месяца назад

      @@goobygoo3253here in Utah roughly a year later than your initial comment and we're still $2.70-$2.90/lb! Rough!

  • @justindamirgian5977
    @justindamirgian5977 Год назад +5

    Separating the copper and aluminum from radiators is easy and worth it!!!

    • @JohnDoe-gi1vr
      @JohnDoe-gi1vr Год назад

      It's a great side hustle my dad taught me. A smart man

  • @gravitybear
    @gravitybear 2 года назад +1

    Good overview, as always.

  • @scrapnjunk81
    @scrapnjunk81 2 года назад

    Thanks for sharing. Great video

  • @mdspiritualchannel1036
    @mdspiritualchannel1036 Год назад

    Thank you sir for sharing this video

  • @bengcornish6113
    @bengcornish6113 Год назад +3

    Glad to be a scraper myself, wing involved in demolition work I spend half my time operating my digger and other half looking for copper. Any heavy cables I always cover up so nobody claims it. Last wk I cashed in 6k worth of number 1 and 2k of pipes with a nice 500 of brass. Best thing is my employer only cares on a quick demo and loading trucks leaving any salvaging to the lads, my work mates go for doors,windows, timber etc and I get the copper and brass. Win win all round down here in New Zealand

  • @CandSMINING
    @CandSMINING 2 месяца назад

    Very interesting video brother. You named all the good places to gather the scrappers gold (copper). Thanks for sharing. 😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥

  • @DavidGS66
    @DavidGS66 Год назад

    For thick plug on stoves & dryers, chop with bolt cutters (I got free bolt cutters in bin of a wire company, rare find) & use needlenose plyers to pull out brass contacts & Cu wire.

  • @Solanine32
    @Solanine32 5 месяцев назад

    YUP! ANOTHA SCRAP CLASSIC

  • @Swishersweetcigarilo
    @Swishersweetcigarilo Год назад

    My neighbor does hvac for a living and he gave me his old air conditioner and furnace when he moved in and replaced them. He got the refrigerant and I got the copper!

  • @NicimakiClips
    @NicimakiClips 4 месяца назад

    5:44 Actually, in copenhagen (denmark) a good chunk of the downtown apartments have copper roofs, including the king's palace n what not. Found like 51 buildings on G maps with copper roofs within around a mile (1.6 km)

  • @gabeschulte5690
    @gabeschulte5690 7 месяцев назад

    I was an HVAC guy for years and we never took them apart before taking the metal to the yard

  • @davea5150
    @davea5150 Год назад

    I use a 4.5 cut-off tool to cut off the curled ends on the CACR'S and for most other cutting of metal. It is small. It seems like a sawzaw would be bulky to use. Your opinion matters since you do a lot more than me. Please advise, David outside Philadelphia. Thank you Kindly

  • @brandonwebb2439
    @brandonwebb2439 Год назад

    If you can find junk pool or spa heaters, usually the heater core is a nice solid chunk of copper, it’s easy to remove and once out you just have to cut the plates off on the sides.

  • @jackpotdigger834
    @jackpotdigger834 2 года назад +1

    killed it good job awesome information

  • @paulparrish2958
    @paulparrish2958 Год назад

    Thanks for the video.

  • @huckstirred7112
    @huckstirred7112 Год назад +2

    I have a big plasma cutter capable of severing 2 inch thick steel . But a hypertherm powermax 30 plugs into a 110 outlet has its own air compressor . It can turn a freezer into flat sheet metal instantly and do so for almost no cost .purchase it used off ebay for 1200 if your a scrapper this will pay for it self in 6 months

  • @justincooper5189
    @justincooper5189 7 месяцев назад

    Normally, the refrigerant is 134a, just like a car, and as for the venting, they only get mad if someone says something to them. Also, some of that stuff falls and the lines split. With water coolers, what is salvageable in them? I've got one that went out and I'm curious about scrapping it.

  • @intheskyimafuckinstar
    @intheskyimafuckinstar Год назад

    we always enjoy ur vids man. thanks for making such great content! we ❤️ u!

  • @winglessviper
    @winglessviper Год назад +1

    If the wire is able to be stripped, I strip it. Have truned in over $600 worth of #2 this year in my spare time. I strip vaccum, microwave, extention and PC pwr cords. Another good source is the pig tail from the cab to the trailer. Used to get lots of when I had a great gig.

  • @johnsharp8627
    @johnsharp8627 5 месяцев назад +1

    Discovered another good copper source recently and you can find them cheap at garage sales. Jumper cables! Preferably older ones. Newer ones can be aluminum wire or copper covered aluminum.

  • @speedbob712
    @speedbob712 2 года назад

    Are old car radiators worth anything, I have 7 with old electronic fans on them. But they are small. And the 2 outside edges have metal the copper hooks onto.

  • @aussiescraphunter7808
    @aussiescraphunter7808 2 года назад +1

    good video mate, (I'm a scrapper too) the single best source of copper (and brass) is without doubt commercial barrista coffee machines, between copper, brass and stainless steel here in Oz they can return over 200 bucks from one machine

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  2 года назад +2

      Reeeeally??? Wow that ain’t bad! I’ll keep an eye out in case I see one haha

    • @aussiescraphunter7808
      @aussiescraphunter7808 2 года назад +1

      @@thubprint over 20kg of copper and brass

  • @emachine310
    @emachine310 Год назад

    Liked and subbed for the heads up on the dangers of coolants

  • @dimensionexo.
    @dimensionexo. 7 дней назад +1

    Don't forget about the condensers on refrigs ac's washing machines
    There's also copper and aluminum in the freezer sec of a refrig - *

  • @joshoconnor9666
    @joshoconnor9666 Год назад +5

    The city I live in made dumpster diving illegal. I do it anyway and play dumb but I have actually had the cops show up once and make me put the things back in the dumpster. Mind you this was in a public place, with no lock on the dumpster and no signs saying to keep out. Pretty B.S, right?

  • @lamlash123
    @lamlash123 2 года назад +1

    Where do I purchase one of those cable strippers, thanks for the video.

  • @tecumtrejo3342
    @tecumtrejo3342 2 месяца назад

    "Some people just wanna get to the information" and we thank you for that.

  • @krissym6139
    @krissym6139 Год назад

    Yes!! I always hit construction dumpsters bc I know I'll always find a good amount of copper.

  • @user-zj3uv7jp4v
    @user-zj3uv7jp4v Месяц назад

    Hi you help me a lot but can you find a coper in old cameras? Please answer if you can because I have 3 of them

  • @andrewferneau8720
    @andrewferneau8720 Год назад

    When you go dumpster diving at the construction sites, do you go during the day? And do you get permission from the foreman first? Also have you taken apart any of those electric lawn movers?

  • @vincedibona4687
    @vincedibona4687 2 года назад +23

    I find ceiling fan motors the easiest to process: no cutting steel, usually can snip the copper wire with just wire cutters, and levers out pretty easy with a screwdriver. I have one motor from some industrial piece that the copper wire is just jammed in there, I cannot get it out to save my life - yet. I ain’t quitting!

    • @offwithhishead2556
      @offwithhishead2556 2 года назад +1

      The stubborn ones make us stubborner!🙂

    • @SollersSrappingandDiving
      @SollersSrappingandDiving 2 года назад +2

      When you spin them with the outer case off, don't they look wonderful too, or is that just me being a bit of a copper nut🤷‍♀️😂

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  2 года назад +2

      Could treat yourself to a rotary hammer 😆

    • @vincedibona4687
      @vincedibona4687 2 года назад +1

      @@thubprint What, am I made out of money all of a sudden? 🤣 Seriously, I wish. I am looking through construction bins for good plywood to re-cover my work table. Another reason I wish I could make videos on my route, to get some of those sweet YT advert $$$! ($700 a month doesn't leave any room for, well, much of anything.)

    • @austinhernandez2716
      @austinhernandez2716 Год назад

      I find that to be the most tedious! You have use a grinder to cut the motor apart.

  • @ebikescrapper3925
    @ebikescrapper3925 2 года назад +2

    If in the UK then check the fuse holder in sealed plugs, sometimes they are copper and the rivets can be drilled out easily.

    • @trench124
      @trench124 2 года назад

      Take off the plug pins too.
      They'll go as brass in most yards

    • @SollersSrappingandDiving
      @SollersSrappingandDiving 2 года назад

      @@trench124 yes, got to love scrapping plugs, so much brassy goodness too👍

  • @stevesrt8
    @stevesrt8 2 года назад +2

    good stuff. cheers

  • @ej22twagon
    @ej22twagon Год назад

    Old coax and ground wires for satellite dishes. I install satellite Internet and use #10 ground wire, rg6 coax with a copper messenger/ground wire. There are often old lines installed people want taken down.

  • @obe5217
    @obe5217 2 года назад

    About time you made this video ✊

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  2 года назад

      It’s been a long time coming 😅

    • @obe5217
      @obe5217 2 года назад

      @@thubprint You're doing huge favors for up and coming scrappers like myself. This year is my first year I'm taking it serious. Usually it's turn in few bags of crushed cans with some scrap metal for a $30-$50 profit at least once a month. My collection of #1 & #2 copper has me wanting to learn more about scrapping. Also I have a suggestion, would you consider making a beginners guidebook for your website for people who doesnt have access to the internet such as my gramps? That would be helpful to lots of people who can download your guidebook and have it in their vehicle instead of going through youtube or get misinformation. Stay positive my brother thank you

  • @Suzuki_Hiakura
    @Suzuki_Hiakura 10 месяцев назад

    My roommate had a christmas light cable which had a blown fuse. Burned out all bulbs and provide tons of wire for small electrical projects, such as jumper wire and such.

  • @cuetTimmonz
    @cuetTimmonz 8 месяцев назад

    as a person who cant carry this huge stuff home. no truck, or car, i don't mind doing the cords and small motors.. i'll prob do this all winter, so, def not in a hurry... I have about 12 lbs so far, and about 8lbs in brass.. and some steel like old drill bits... and the tinned copper silver stuff. thanks for the videos...

  • @bentleyalder5492
    @bentleyalder5492 Год назад

    This was great!! And it gor me thinking, as a voice I trust to honestly inform I was wondering if you could do a short video on the silver buttons found in nearly every contact. I hearthsm described as silver buttons but I have a hard time believing they are solid silver, or even a solid silver alloy of some kind. Would you please do a vid explaining exactly how much is actually there (big and small and miniscule) to bring some clarity to the subject.

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  Год назад

      Oh I did a whole video on silver! ruclips.net/video/JcbtwnOWq8M/видео.html
      The little buttons are not pure silver, they have a bit of cadmium in them to harden them. Very toxic fumes, which is why I can’t just melt them down as-is. They’re easy to clean the copper off though, just leave in hydrochloric acid with a splash of hydrogen peroxide to kickstart the oxidization and the copper/brass/solder just gets eaten away.

  • @billhuman448
    @billhuman448 2 года назад

    as always like the info

  • @arcaisgaming6736
    @arcaisgaming6736 Год назад

    I'm new to this, what do I need to scrap this stuff (tools wise), and are there any places I can sell this stuff to near Ann Arbor, MI?

  • @MarcinEasyRider
    @MarcinEasyRider 7 месяцев назад

    Best regards from Poland 😊😊

  • @liamholloway9022
    @liamholloway9022 Год назад +1

    So I can just go up to any construction bin thingy and grab stuff, or are you asking permission first? Because I mean they don’t want it that’s why they threw it out, but what do you do?

  • @LuisRodriguez-xf9lv
    @LuisRodriguez-xf9lv 2 года назад +2

    very good research, i do the same, where people see garbage y se copper. oh! there is a electric motor!! -- Nop,that`s a chunk of copper... goos video. also big rlay contactors have good coils and some silver contacts. mewer equipment like new small UPS are yunk. the older the better keepthat good work in a few month you wil recognizing the smell of copper and pin point it. regards take care

  • @NeryElsalvador
    @NeryElsalvador 11 месяцев назад +1

    I'm a New subscriber ,thanks for the information

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  11 месяцев назад +1

      Appreciate it, thank you!

  • @mattcourty6322
    @mattcourty6322 10 месяцев назад

    If you know an HVAC guy they may recover the coolant for free depending on what kind it is. And for those copper stackers I've used a torch and just heat it up a bit and they slide right out.

  • @nightrunner1456
    @nightrunner1456 Год назад +1

    Great.

  • @garrygadberry2205
    @garrygadberry2205 Месяц назад

    I’m a beginner scraper and was curious to how you know the different metals from each other besides the obvious copper, brass and stainless steal?

  • @bigredbullion3883
    @bigredbullion3883 2 года назад +1

    Great video

  • @jean-robertlombard1416
    @jean-robertlombard1416 Год назад +1

    Bonjour de France. Fly markets are when they are over (once everyone has left) a mine of different metals and especially copper. Think that must be the same every where. Au plaisir.

  • @stephensmith3708
    @stephensmith3708 2 года назад

    Hey there cousin in the North. Out of curiosity, would it be worth of stripping wire that's most likely 100 plus years that has tar and cloth and has a chrome look to it or is it a dangerous material not worth stripping?
    Or take it in as is? You are wiser beyond your years, to say a modern Wise man/a Majia if you will. If you have time to let me know. Your vids are AWESOME. Wish I had a demeanor like yours!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @ganzeytyler
    @ganzeytyler 2 дня назад

    Good source for transformers, audio amplifiers old ones and ones for surround sound are best, welders-,the older the better, 12v car battery chargers.

  • @nolamike1982
    @nolamike1982 Год назад

    As I'm scrapping I always grab transformers even the little ones sometimes I go out of my way to grab one, I might not turn them in for a week or two because I will take them apart when I'm bored and not occupied with anything.

  • @P00katube
    @P00katube Год назад +5

    Abandoned hotels/motels and housing projects are also a great source of copper scrapping with lamps, plumbing, electrical wiring, CRT TV, etc

    • @ron6505
      @ron6505 Год назад +1

      not bashing or anything, but what are the consequences if caught scrapping from abandoned buildings. im pretty sure they are serious

    • @tronner_the_awesome
      @tronner_the_awesome 3 месяца назад

      a burglary charge. Rarely is anything abandoned, merely vacant.

  • @slick20081
    @slick20081 Год назад

    Good content bud

  • @derpyturtle927
    @derpyturtle927 Год назад

    I've got some of those old tvs. I could get a few hefty chunks of wire thanks for the tip. I'm trying to save up for a series x or a switch. Still haven't decided yet but I'm saving copper to sell at my local scrap yard I'm hoping I can get enough I'd say I got 20 pounds of copper from stripping cords the past few days

    • @thubprint
      @thubprint  Год назад

      Hey that’s not bad! Just make sure they aren’t particularly nice tvs, some of those are actually worth a good bit of money and they don’t make them anymore